Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Remember seeing in the papers some few days ago that George Cowan was to join the Feds? Well, here’s the way the story got breezed about: George suffered the misfortune to lose his father-in-law, and while napping after an all-night vigil, was awakened by an energetic young man, who wanted to ask him whether he was not going to “jump” the the Feds. “Sure,” said George, anxious to get in a few more winks before being up for the day.
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As a matter of fact, Cowan is peacefully working on the Evening Star, of Newark, N.J., as a linotype operator, and is well satisfied with his job…

At least Cowan had at one point been a professional baseball player. He was a career .211 hitter in the Class C Virginia League, and by 1914 had been out of baseball for three years.

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Johnny Oates managed Rusty Greer – in fact, for most of the latter's career. I wonder how often that happens on Birthday Teams.

Sam Mele is the other managerial candidate on the squad, of course. Doesn't seem to have managed any of the others. He won a pennant with Minnesota. And he is still alive, so happy birthday Sam! The Internet tells me that Mele went to William Cullen Bryant High School, not far from where I used to live in Astoria, LI. Other notable graduates were Billy Loes and Ethel Merman.